Concrete fence-post.



l A; ARMSTRONG. CONCRETE FENCE POST.

APPUCATION FILED JUNE 22, X916.

Patented July 24, 1917.

pr 910 r a r o a a a B f) a I 1 I ANDREW ARMSTRONG, OF MARIETTA, GEORGIA.

CONCRETE FENCE-POST.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 24, 1917..

Application filed June 22, 1916. Serial No. 105,235.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW ARMSTRONG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Marietta, in the county of Cobb and State of Georgia, have invented a new and useful Concrete Fence-Post, of which the following is a specification.

The device forming the subject matter of this application is a concrete fencepost, and the invention aims to provide novel means for guiding into place, and for holding in place, a wooden nailing block to which the fence may be secured.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the pres ent invention appertains.

With the above and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 shows in front elevation, a portion of a concrete fence post embodying the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the structure shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 4 is a cross section taken approximately on the line 41% of Fig. 2.

In the accompanying drawings, the numeral 1 indicates a concrete fence post which may be reinforced as at 2. In its forward face, the post 1 is provided with a recess 3 extended entirely across the post from side to side, the recess 3 being reduced at one end to form a pocket 4, lying within Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the the contour of the post. U-shaped metal straps 5 are embedded in the post 1 and in clude forwardly presented free ends 6 lying at the sides of the recess 8. A wooden nailing block 7 is inserted into the recess 3, the ends 6 of the straps 5 forming guides to facilitate the insertion of the block into the recess. Securing devices 9 which may be nails or screws pass through the ends 6 of the straps 5 and engage the edges of the block 7. The block 7 is provided at one end with a reduced extension 8 registering in the pocket 4 and preventing the block from moving siclewise during the insertion of the securing devices 9.

aving thus described the invention, what is claimed is A concrete fence post provided in one face with a recess extended entirely across the post from side to side, the recess being reduced at one end to form a pocket lying within the contour of the post; a U-shaped metal strap embedded in the post and including forwardly presented free ends lying at the sides of the recess; a wooden block inserted into the recess, the edges of the block being exposed at the sides of the post, the ends of the strap forming guides which facilitate the insertion of the block into the recess; and securing devices passing through the ends of the strap and engaging the edges of the block, the block being provided at one end with a reduced extension registering in the pocket and preventing the block from moving sidewise during the insertion of the securing device.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

AN DREW ARMSTRONG.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0. 

